RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 3, 2017 Ah, April. As the weather gets warmer, the DDP hits get fewer. But - not to fret - as the Windy City Deadpool is here to save us all from a summer of deadpooling boredom! Basics: Pick a team of 20 people. The higher their rank, the more points they get when they die and obit. Submit it to me via PM or on this thread, by the end of April. Scoring System: 1st pick: 500 points 2nd pick: 450 points 3rd pick: 400 points 4th pick: 350 points 5th pick: 300 points 6th pick: 275 points 7th pick: 250 points 8th pick: 225 points 9th pick: 200 points 10th pick: 180 points 11th pick: 160 points 12th pick: 140 points 13th pick: 120 points 14th pick: 100 points 15th pick: 85 points 16th pick: 70 points 17th pick: 55 points 18th pick: 50 points 19th pick: 45 points 20th pick: 40 points No bonus points! As you can see the margin slowly decreases from 50 to 25 to 20 to 15 to 5. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever has the most unique hits. Acceptable Obits: Anything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool, plus The Independent. Plus the following national American news sources: - ABC News - NBC News - CBS News - Fox News Plus the following local American news sources: - New York Times - LA Times - Chicago Tribune Duration: The competition lasts from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018. Get your team in before Big Ben welcomes the month of May. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 3, 2017 Will you reveal your own team now, so no one accuses of theft? You don't have to, but a lot of people do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 3, 2017 I will, just like last year. 1) Paul van Zandvliet 2) Johnny Hallyday 3) King Michael I of Romania 4) Catherine Nevin 5) Gord Downie 6) Errol Christie 7) Leah Bracknell 8) Greg Gilbert 9) Rayya Elias 10) Simon Ricketts 11) Stefan Karl Stefansson 12) Colin Meads 13) Jose Jose 14) Linda Nolan 15) David Cassidy 16) George H. W. Bush 17) Peter Sallis 18) Kirk Douglas 19) Nobby Stiles 20) Hosea Sanders Subs: Glen Campbell John Noakes Jill Gascoine Pope Benedict XVI Cloris Leachman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 3, 2017 Got 30 names drafted at the moment, waiting to slowly see some names dying so some of the 10 can be part of the 20 as well as waiting for anyone else announcing their illness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted April 3, 2017 1)Catherine Nevin 2)Errol Christie 3)Leah Bracknell 4)Nick Boles 5)Gord Downie 6)Malcolm Young 7)Tony Booth 8)Paul Gascoigne 9)Daniella Westbrook 10)Nobby Stiles 11)Daisy Berkowitz 12)Helen Fawkes 13)Nanci Ryder 14)Big Van Vader 15)Paul van Zandvliet 16)Christy Dignam 17)Christiane F 18)Kenny Sansom 19)Pete Frates 20)Jill Gascoine Subs 1 Ray Wilson 2 Liz Dawn 3 Helmut Kohl 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 585 Posted April 3, 2017 1) Catherine Nevin 2) Javier Perez de Cuellar 3) Leah Bracknell 4) Errol Christie 5) Gord Downie 6) Glen Campbell 7) Nobby Stiles 8) Rev. Billy Graham 9) Valerie Harper 10) George H. W. Bush 11) Tony Booth 12) King Michael of Romania 13) Colin Meads 14) Pierre Cardin 15) Stefan Karl Stefansson 16) Richard Anderson 17) Jill Gascoine 18) Yasuhiro Nakasone 19) Olivia de Havilland 20) John Noakes Subs: 1) Jimmy Carter 2) Ian Brady 3) Doris Day 4) Paul Laxalt 5) Bill Maynard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 3, 2017 Catherine Nevin, The Jenny Diski of 2017? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted April 4, 2017 1. Gord Downie 2. Errol Christie 3. Paul van Zandvliet 4. Leah Bracknell 5. Greg Gilbert 6. Catherine Nevin 7. Colin Meads 8. Stefan Karl Stefansson 9. Nick Boles 10. Ian Brady 11. Pedro Guerrero 12. Anthony Young 13. Tony Booth 14. Charles Bradley 15. Ian St. John 16. Nobby Stiles 17. Bart Starr 18. Michael I 19. Rayya Elias 20. Brian Matthew Subs: 1. Glen Campbell 2. John Noakes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 4, 2017 Maybe some subs should be good. Some won't make out the month (Guerrero and Zandvliet in particular). Just saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted April 5, 2017 I have drafted a team which I will probably send next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GraveDanger 22 Posted April 5, 2017 Sounds good, I'll send a team in before the end of the month Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted April 7, 2017 Will be posting my list of 20 names in the next 48 hours! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted April 8, 2017 Britney's back, bitch! I'll send my list by the end of the day. Edit: I don't want to post another one so I'll just do it in this one.... 350 points 500 - Gisele Casadesus 450 - Eric Clapton 400 - Jimmy Lydon 350 - June Foray 300 - Nanette Fabray 275 - Janis Paige 250 - Irene Papas 225 - Ed Asner 200 - Claire Bloom 180 - Barbara Eden 160 - Michael Caine 140 - Maggie Smith 120 - Diana Ross 100 - Ozzy Osbourne 85 - Billy Idol 70 - Bobby Brown 55 - Charlie Sheen 50 - Frankie Valli 45 - Jeff Bridges 40 - Nick Nolte Sub: 21 - Sly Stone 22 - Mary Higgins Clark 23 - Iris Apfel 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted April 8, 2017 My team will come in due course. Who'd have thought my only hit so far before the new season would have been Ian McCaskill? Anyway, I have to think what kind of a theme to use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted April 8, 2017 20 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Ian McCaskill? Apt, though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted April 13, 2017 Sorry for the delayed response @RadGuy Here is my list and entry at last! 1) Sidney Poitier 2) James Watson (codiscoverer of dna double helix) 3) Sir Bernard Ingham 4)Rosamunde Pilcher (author) 5) Baroness Trumpington 6) Bruce Forsthye 7) James Lovelock 8) Mary Carlisle (silent era actress) 9) Esther Shapiro (famous us TV writer Producer -cocreated Dynasty) 10) Richard Wilson 11) Norman Tebbit 12)Little Richard 13) Barbara Walters 14)Loretta Lynn 15) Bob Dole 16) Pat Boone 17) Gina Lollobrigida 18) Della Reese 19) Joni Mitchell 20) Connie Francis Subs Bill Wyman Sheila Mercier Imelda Marcos Cheers Rad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 16, 2017 I've got something ready. Will send in about a week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 18, 2017 Okay, after my pitiful attempt last year, I am in it to win this time: 1. Renee Simonot 2. Liliane Bettancourt 3. Danielle Darrieux 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Billy Graham 6. Jeanne Little 7. Franco Zeffirelli 8. Monica Vitti 9. Johnny Hallyday 10. Juliette Greco 11. William Russell 12. Valery Giscard d'Estaing 13. Jacques Chirac 14. Helmut Kohl 15. Tom Baker 16. Eve Marie Saint 17. Sonja Ziemann 18. Bob Hawke 19. Pope Benedict 20. Lorenza de Medici Subs: Mikhail Gorbachev Fredric Jameson Prince Phillip Liza Minnelli Paul Darrow Peter Townshend 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 20, 2017 Going to send my list in about a weeks time or so (think the day before my birthday). Forming my team is more adding new potential names instead of losing names (only Perham died so far who was in my 20!). One person who hasn't shown up in my list though is Catherine Nevin. She probably is legitimately ill, but there's a small part of me that is thinking she is a fraud, so... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 24, 2017 Sent in my team a bit earlier than planned. I'm not expecting to win, but we'll see with the lot I have chosen, which does not include Catherine Nevin... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted April 25, 2017 In a shameless pockle, here is my team for this pool: YoungWillz Hare's Pool Select Team (Except Mladic) 01. Ratko Mladic 02. Sidney Poitier 03. Sumner Redstone 04. Peter Sallis d. 2 June 2017 05. Desmond Tutu 06. Gordon Banks 07. Violet Brown d. 15 September 2017 08. Tony Booth d. 25 September 2017 09. Errol Christie d. 11June 2017 10. Salvatore Di Masi 11. Peter Higgs 12. Bruce Forsyth d. 18 August 2017 13. Bernard Cribbins 14. Rex Williams 15. Beverly Cleary 16. Sir Peter Hall d. 11 September 2017 17. Carol Channing 18. Nichelle Nichols 19. Stirling Moss 20. Lord Peter Carrington Subs: A: John Noakes d. 28 May 2017 B: Herman Wouk C: Thomas S Monson 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted April 26, 2017 Sent in my team via PM. Hope I will do as good as this round. Still in second place, very nice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 26, 2017 Just wondering, how many teams have entered in this year so far, so we can compare to last year? More or less people? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 26, 2017 I believe we're on 11. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted April 26, 2017 I aim to enter this before the deadline, when I have a moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
